diff --git a/app/tasks/upload_to_sharepoint.py b/app/tasks/upload_to_sharepoint.py
index 3bd70a90..0e2593c1 100644
--- a/app/tasks/upload_to_sharepoint.py
+++ b/app/tasks/upload_to_sharepoint.py
@@ -335,4 +335,4 @@ def upload_to_sharepoint(self, file_path: str, file_id: int = None, folder_overr
         error_msg = f"Failed to upload {filename} to SharePoint: {str(e)}"
         logger.error("[%s] %s", task_id, error_msg)
         log_task_progress(task_id, "upload_to_sharepoint", "failure", error_msg, file_id=file_id)
-        raise Exception(error_msg)
+        raise RuntimeError(error_msg) from e
diff --git a/tests/test_upload_to_sharepoint.py b/tests/test_upload_to_sharepoint.py
index 0a67f3cb..1acfa40b 100644
--- a/tests/test_upload_to_sharepoint.py
+++ b/tests/test_upload_to_sharepoint.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class TestUploadToSharepoint:
 
         mock_token.side_effect = ValueError("Token error")
 
-        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Failed to upload"):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Failed to upload"):
             upload_to_sharepoint.apply(args=[str(test_file)], kwargs={"file_id": 1}).get()
 
     @patch("app.tasks.upload_to_sharepoint.upload_large_file_sharepoint")